Buckhannon, Upshur County,
WV
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608820
Hacker's Creek Mine No 1 has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2001–2005
Latest incident
Feb 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
95
citations
21
significant & substantial
$7,872
proposed penalties
$7,872
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘThis rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
95 citations across 1,986 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Hacker's Creek Mine No 1 has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
93 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-09-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Hacker's Creek Mine No 1 shows 94% of 316 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Respirable coal dust
ⓘRespirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
Last sampled: 2005-09-23, 20 years ago
94%
within 1.5 mg/m3
316
samples
4.32
dust max (mg/m3)
142 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 174 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Respirable coal dust by year
ⓘRespirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
Hacker's Creek Mine No 1 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005.
Injury rate, 2005
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 5.11 and the all-US-mining average was 4.21 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 5.85 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
11.55
11.55
5.774
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2005
11
169,399
2004
15
206,215
2003
16
202,327
2002
17
215,365
2001
16
181,719
2000
3
16,292
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Hacker's Creek Mine No 1 sits in Upshur County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Upshur County, West Virginia · Population 23,758
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$51,859
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘCitations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2005 Q4
0
0
0
2005 Q3
7,842
2
1
255.0
2005 Q2
7,533
4
1
531.0
2005 Q1
8,179
5
1
611.3
2004 Q4
6,704
4
3
596.7
2004 Q3
7,544
8
1
1060.4
2004 Q2
7,491
11
3
1468.4
2004 Q1
8,123
6
4
738.6
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2003 Q4
6,552
5
1
763.1
2003 Q3
8,179
15
4
1834.0
2003 Q2
9,428
6
1
636.4
2003 Q1
10,477
1
0
95.4
2002 Q4
9,031
3
0
332.2
2002 Q3
10,096
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
10,204
4
0
392.0
2002 Q1
9,909
2
0
201.8
2001 Q4
7,852
2
0
254.7
2001 Q3
8,201
8
0
975.5
2001 Q2
10,495
9
1
857.6
2001 Q1
3,686
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
4,085
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
1,160
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
0
0
0
2000 Q1
0
0
0
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
October 24, 2003WV · Coallaborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerFatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
A FATAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED TO EE AS HE WAS RUNNING THRU AN INTERSECTION OF #3 ENTRY IN THE 1 LEFT SECTION. HE HAD BEEN SETTING BREAKER POSTS ON THE PILLARLINE WHEN HE HEARD THE TOP RUMBLING AN D HAD MOVED OUTBY ONE BLOCK AND STARTED THRU THECROSSCUT WHEN REACHING THE INTERSECTION, THE ROOF COLLAPSED ON HIM.
Reportable incidents
7 on file (excluding fatalities above)
2005 · 1 incident
February 14, 2005WV · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee injured his back loading posts by hand into the bucket of a scoop. He finished the shift and continued to work every day until 6/30/05. On 6/30/05 he was operated on for a lumbar disc herniation and/or lumbar stenosis.
Roof Fall in intersection of #9 entry of 1 Left off Northeast Mains, one block inby spad #869. Fall was 18' long, 12' wide and 8' high. Fall Was discovered by fireboss prior to working on Sunday night.
February 20, 2004WV · Coalutility man, errand boy, service truck operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS TAKING A CAP OFF THE HEAD OF A MINER IN THE SHOP, WHEN IT SLIPPED OFF & PULLED ON HIS LEFT ARM. HE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK UNTIL 10/25/04 WHEN THEY OPERATED ON A TORN MUSCLE IN LEFT ARM
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN #3 ENTRY AND INTERSECTION, TWO BLOCKS LEFT OF SPAD #257 ON THE 1 LEFT SECTION. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 80 FT LONG, 12 FT WIDE, AND 6 FT HIGH.
A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED ON THE 001 SECTION IN THE #6 ENTRY INTERSECTION SPAD 162. THE FALL WAS DISCOVERED BY THE RRE- SHIFT EXAMINER. THE FALL IS 5-7' HIGH AND MEASURED 25'LONG AND 25'WIDE. THIS FALL IS ON THE WORKING SECTION IN THE LAST OPEN CROSS CUT.
A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND IN THE NO. 3 ENTRY AT SPADNO. 70 ON THE NORTH EAST MAIN SECTION WHILE MAK ING THE WEEKLY EXAM ACCORDING TO 75.364. THE ROOF FALL WAS 11 FT LONG, 9 FT WIDE AND 5.5 FT HIGH . THE AREA WAS DEVELOPED 2-10-01. THE FALL WAS DANGERED OFF, CRIBBED AND NOT CLEANED UP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE NOR WAS VENTILATION AFFECTED.